“This is my commandment, that y’all love one another, even as I have loved y’all.
2 John 1:5 - Y'all Version Bible Now I beg you, dear lady, not as if I were writing a new commandment, but one which we had from the beginning, that we love one another. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And now I beg you, lady (Cyria), not as if I were issuing a new charge (injunction or command), but [simply recalling to your mind] the one we have had from the beginning, that we love one another. American Standard Version (1901) And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote to thee a new commandment, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another. Common English Bible Now, dear friends, I am requesting that we love each other. It’s not as though I’m writing a new command to you, but it’s one we have had from the beginning. Catholic Public Domain Version And now I petition you, Lady, not as if writing a new commandment to you, but instead that commandment which we have had from the beginning: that we love one another. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And now I beseech thee, lady, not as writing a new commandment to thee, but that which we have had from the beginning, that we love one another. |
“This is my commandment, that y’all love one another, even as I have loved y’all.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Y’all walk in love, even as Christ also loved us and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
Now about brotherly love, y’all don’t need anyone to write to you*. For y’all have been God-taught to love one another.
Above all, hold onto a deep love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins.
For this is the message that y’all heard from the beginning, that we should love one another—
This is ʜɪꜱ commandment, that we should believe in the name of ʜɪꜱ Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as ʜᴇ commanded.
Anyone who says, “I love God,” but hates their sibling, is a liar. For whoever doesn’t love their sibling whom they have seen, cannot love God whom they have not seen.
The elder, To the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not I only, but also all those who know the truth,